Improvement in attachments for vacuum-cups



Patented .lune 20,1871.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIGE.

WILLIAM AMER, OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN. l

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHMENTS FOR VACUUM-CUPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,004, dated June 20, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM AMER, of Janesville, in the county of Bock and State of Wisconsin, have invented a n ew and useful Improvement in Electro-Magnetic or Galvanic Attachment for Vacuum-Cups and Receivers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which Will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in vWhich-- Figure 1 represents my improved conductor as attached to one of Dr. Hadelds cups. Fig. 2 represents my improved cup-conductor -in connection with itsregulating-tube and electrode-cap. Fig. 3 represents one of my conductors as connected With one of Dr. Hadiields receivers. Fig. 4 represents a metallic electrode designed for use With one of Dr. Hadlields arm-receivers. Fig. 5 represents one of my improved conductors detached. Fig. G represents a metallic electrode and a .conductor as attached to one of Dr. Hadlields receivers. Fig. 7 represents one of my improved metallic electrodes designed for use with one of Dr. Hadlelds leg-receivers.

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My invention has for its object to furnish' an electro-magnetic or galvanic attachment for Dr. Hadelds vacuum-cups and receivers, patented January 1 and October 22, 1867, by the use of which an electric, galvanic, or magnetic action is exerted upon the selected nerves, and conveyed to any desired part of the nervous system at the same time that an inlluence is exerted upon the arteries, veins, and lymphatiCS, When a vacuum is produced in said cups or receivers; and it consists in the construction of the conductors and electrodes to adapt them for this use, as hereinafter more fully described.

A B is the conductor designed for use with Dr. Hadtields cups. The upper part A consists of a copper-Wire or other suit-able conductor, the outer end of which is curved to receive and hold the attachment upon the end of the insulated cord that 'makes the connection With the battery. rlhe conductor A passes through the top of Dr. Hadflelds cup, and to its inner end is attached a cup or tube, B, which forms the inner part of the conductor, and which is designed to receiveand hold a sponge saturated With a solution of the medical agent required. Gis a tube tting into or upon the cup B, and having a copper or other metallic electrode, l), attached to its lower end, the tube C enablingV the electrode to be adjusted as required. The tube (l also enables the electrode to be removed or exchanged, when desired, or when an electrode of a diiferent character may be required. E represents my conductor designed for use With Dr. Hadields leg and arm receivers, and which is made of copper Wires or other suitable electroconductor. The outer end or part of the conductor is lnade similar to the outer end of the part A of the conductor A B. The inner end of the conductor E is bent up, as shown in Figs. 3, 5, and 6, to receive a sponge or other desired electrode. The conductor E is designed to be passed through a hole in one of Dr. Hadtelds arm or leg receivers, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. F are metallic electrodes, which are designed to be placed in the arm or leg receiver, and is connect-ed with the conductor E, as shown in Fig. 6. The metallic electrodes F are made of such a form as to lit upon the handrest of Dr. Hadiields arm-receiver, or upon any desired part of the hand, arm, or leg.

By this attachment to Dr. Hadfields cups and receivers an action is obtained upon the four most important systems at the same time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by. Letters Patent- 1. The conductor A B, constructed, substantially as herein shown and described, to adapt it for use with Dr'. Hadiields vacuum-cnps,as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The adiustable cap electrode C D, in combination With the conductor A B, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

The conductor E, constructed, substantially as herein shown and described, to adapt it for use with Dr. Hadtields receivers, as andfor the purpose set forth.

4. The metallic electrodes F, constructed, substantially as herein shown and described, to adapt them, in connection with the conductor E, to be used With Dr. Hadelds receivers, as and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses: WILLIAM AMER.

H. M. HART, A. T. HART. 

